Key management device and information transmission system using the same

ABSTRACT

An information transmission system includes a terminal device connected to a server device. Transmission destination information and transmission source information are encrypted and correlated with a user identifier when this information is stored in a storage unit for the server device. By using the user identifier and a decryption key which are reported when a transmission command button of the terminal device is pressed, the transmission destination information and the transmission source information are read out and decrypted by a decryption unit. A transmission unit for the server device transmits the transmission source information to a transmission destination specified by the transmission destination information.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a key management device and aninformation transmission system using the same, for example.Particularly, the present invention relates to the key management deviceand the information transmission system in which only the user possessesan encryption key for encrypting and decrypting an information.

BACKGROUND ART

In the conventional key management device, the encryption key and thedecryption key are managed by the specific administrators (see thepatent document 1, for example). However, in such a case, a person notan administrator becomes to know the encryption key when theadministrator is changed due to personnel relocation. This case is notpreferable for security, and the leakage of information may happen.

Therefore, in recent years, many kinds of devices to prepare for thecontingency such as accidents or crimes, are developed, however, suchdevices are difficult to use the personal information effectively fromthe viewpoint of security.

Incidentally, as one kind of these devices, there is an emergencynotification device for notifying an occurrence of emergency to thepredetermined contact address in a state of emergency (see the patentdocument 2, for example).

Patent Document 1: JP2004-248330A

Patent Document 2: JP2004-255539A

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention

The purpose of the present invention is to provide the informationtransmission system and the information transmission method, each ofwhich prevents the leakage of personal information by managing theencryption key and the decryption key, utilizes the personal informationfor rescue operation effectively, stores the rescue support informationnecessary for rescuing securely and transmits the rescue supportinformation to the rescue support organization with simple operation ina state of emergency.

Means to Solve the Problem

As shown in FIG. 1, for example, the individual identificationinformation of the mobile phone terminal is acquired automatically andthe encryption key is generated automatically from a predeterminedinformation. Furthermore, the decryption key is automatically generatedusing the predetermined encryption processing which can contain theencryption key, individual identification information and random numbercomputation. The object data of encryption is input from the operationunit and encrypted using the encryption key. The individualidentification information is encrypted using the predetermined commonkey.

The encrypted object data and the encrypted individual identificationinformation are sent from the transmission unit in the terminal deviceto the server device. The decryption key is stored into the memory unitin the terminal device when the encrypted object data and theidentification information are sent from the transmission unit of theterminal device to the server device. When the process is completed, thedata except for the decryption key are erased from the terminal device.This processing has a characteristic that even the user cannot know thekeys for encrypting and decrypting the object data, only the decryptionkey for decrypting the object data is registered in the mobile phoneterminal and the encryption key for encrypting the object data existsnowhere because it is generated automatically each time the data objectis encrypted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the server device receives the data from theterminal device, combines the encrypted object data and the encryptedindividual identification information sent from the terminal device, andstores them into memory unit of the server device.

As shown in FIG. 3, for example, when the emergency notification buttonof the mobile phone terminal is pushed down, the information related tothe emergency notification is generated and transmitted from thetransmission unit in the terminal to the server device. Then, thedecryption key stored in the memory unit in the terminal device is readout and is transmitted to the server device with the transmittedemergency information.

As shown in FIG. 4, the server device receives the information relatedto the emergency notification from the server device, extracts theindividual identification information from the received emergencyinformation, and encrypts the individual identification informationusing the predetermined common key. Furthermore, the server deviceextracts the corresponding encrypted data from the object data of theencryption stored in the memory unit in the server using the encryptedindividual identification information.

The processing is completed when the corresponding data does not existin the object data stored in the memory unit in the server.

Oppositely, the following processing is executed when the correspondingdata can be extracted from the object data stored in the memory unit inthe server.

The decryption key is extracted from the received emergency informationand the encryption key is automatically generated using thepredetermined encryption processing which can contain the extracteddecryption key, non-encrypted individual identification information andrandom number computation.

The encrypted data extracted from the memory unit in the server isdecrypted using the encryption key automatically generated from thedecryption key. The data for the support organization, which isgenerated based on the decrypted data, is transmitted from thetransmission unit in the server device.

FIG. 5 shows the processing when the mobile phone terminal is changed toone of other types of the mobile phones, for example. Firstly, procedurefor changing the type of the equipment is performed in advance, the oldindividual identification information and new individual identificationinformation are registered in the memory unit in the server device withcorrelating these old and new individual identification information eachother. Additionally, the decryption key stored in the memory unit in theold mobile phone terminal is transferred to the new mobile phoneterminal. When the server device receives the data from the mobile phoneterminal, the individual identification information is extracted fromthe received emergency information, then, the corresponding individualidentification information is extracted from the data stored in thememory unit in the server.

The old identification information correlated to the extracted newidentification information is acquired and encrypted using thepredetermined common key. Furthermore, the encrypted corresponding datais extracted from the object data of encryption stored in the memoryunit in the server device using the encrypted old individualidentification information. Then, the processing is completed when thecorresponding data does not exist in the object data of encryptionstored in the memory unit in the server device. In contrast, thefollowing processing are performed when the corresponding data could beextracted from the object data of encryption stored in the memory unitof the server.

The decryption key is extracted from the received emergency informationand the encryption key is generated automatically using thepredetermined encryption processing which can contain the encryptionkey, individual identification information and random numbercomputation.

The encrypted data is extracted from the memory unit in the serverdevice, and the encrypted data is decrypted using the encryption keyautomatically generated from the decrypted key. The data for supportorganization, which is generated based on the decrypted data, istransmitted from the transmission unit of the server.

Moreover, the information transmission system according to a preferredembodiment of the present invention relates to the informationtransmission system in which a terminal device and a server device areconnected, wherein the terminal device comprises a terminal devicememory unit that stores an user identification information foridentifying the user owning the terminal device and stores a decryptionkey; an encryption processing unit that encrypts an information using anencryption key; a terminal device transmission unit that transmits atransmission destination information and a transmission sourceinformation encrypted using the encryption key; a key generation unitthat generates the encryption key and the decryption key; an operationunit that has information input buttons containing a transmissioncommand button; a terminal device control unit that generates atransmission command, and reads out the user identification informationand the decryption key from the terminal device memory unit when apushing-down of the transmission command button by the user is notifiedfrom the operation unit; a terminal device transmission unit thattransmits the transmission command, the user identification informationand/or the decryption key to the server device: and the server devicecomprises a decryption unit that reads out the encrypted transmissiondestination information and the encrypted transmission sourceinformation from the server device memory unit based on the useridentification information and decrypts the transmission destinationinformation and the transmission source information using the decryptionkey when the decryption key is provided to a server device memory unitthat relates the transmission destination information containing aninformation about the destination of the transmission with thetransmission source information containing an information about the userowning the terminal device, each of which has been encrypted by theterminal device; a server device control unit that executes thenotification and cancellation of emergency mode from the terminal deviceand; a server device memory unit that relates the encrypted transmissiondestination information and the encrypted transmission sourceinformation with the user identification information; a server devicetransmission unit that transmits the transmission source information tothe transmission destination specified by the transmission destinationinformation.

The terminal device according to the present invention is preferable tocomprise the terminal device receiving unit that receives thepredetermined information from the server device and/or another terminaldevice; a camera unit that takes the predetermined still imageinformation and/or the predetermined moving image information; aloudspeaker used for hearing a voice; a microphone unit that inputsuttered voice or surrounding sound information and; a picture displayunit that displays the predetermined information and makes it to beconfirmed visually. Furthermore, the terminal device is preferable tocomprise a terminal device signal transmission unit that transmits atleast one signal of radio wave, sound wave or ray of light (visible raycan be employed) to another terminal device; a terminal device signalreceiving unit that receives at least one signal of them from saidanother terminal device; a terminal device computation unit thatmeasures the distance to said another terminal device by executing thepredetermined computation processing using the signal received by theterminal device signal receiving unit and; a terminal device alarm unitthat outputs a warning (i.e. alarm) corresponding to the distancemeasured by the terminal device computation unit. Moreover, it ispreferable to comprise a terminal device signal reflection unit thatreflects the predetermined signal output from another terminal devicesignal transmission unit.

Additionally, the server device according to the present invention ispreferable to comprise the server device receiving unit that receivesthe predetermined information from the terminal device.

Incidentally, the terminal device is at least one of a mobile phone,PDA, a wristwatch with communication function, portable goods (forexample, a pencil or a necklace), a landline telephone, a personalcomputer of small size or other thing which can transmit and receive thepredetermined information through the network.

The terminal device memory unit in the terminal device according to thepresent invention is a memory to store the user identificationinformation used for identifying the user and/or to store the decryptionkey, and can be overwritten or rewritten at any time. Incidentally, theterminal device memory unit is a storage medium having the predeterminedcapacity. The terminal device memory unit includes the medium being ableto temporarily store the user identification information, which is usedfor performing the identification of the user, for inputting the useridentification information to the server device (for example, volatilememory).

The operation unit of the terminal device according to the presentinvention indicates numeric keys (including ‘0’ through ‘9’, ‘#’ and‘*’) and other keys. One or more keys of the operation unit can be usedas a transmission command button for transmitting the transmissioncommand by performing an exceptional operation (for example, pushing thekey long time (about three minutes) or pushing a plurality of the keysfollowing to the predetermined order). In addition, the button exclusiveto the transmission command can be provided with the operation unit. Forexample, the operation unit can comprise a exclusive button, which isused to contact the public organization for requesting an ambulance orpolicemen, having a general mark indicating the corresponding publicorganization. Furthermore, the operation unit can comprise a mechanismto contact the private security service when the predetermined button ispushed long time. The combinations of such mechanisms are notrestricted, and the mechanisms can be set up by the user. Incidentally,the case the user needs such operation is called ‘emergency mode’generally.

The control unit of the terminal device according to the presentinvention indicates the unit having the functions to generate thetransmission command at a timing when the transmission command button ofthe operation unit is pushed and to read out the user identificationinformation and/or the decryption key for transmitting them from theterminal device memory unit to the server device. Moreover, the controlunit is preferable to comprise the function to generate locationinformation one by one in the predetermined time period (this functionis called ‘GPS generation function’ hereinafter, GPS is short for GlobalPositioning System) when the pushing-down of the transmission commandbutton from the operation unit is notified. Furthermore, the controlunit is preferable to have the function to invalidate the operation ofshutting-down the power supply with displaying the picture indicatingthe shutting-down of the power supply on the picture display unit of theterminal device, and to read out and decrypt at least the locationinformation from the server device memory unit, when the operation ofshutting-down the power supply is performed after the pushing-down ofthe transmission command button is notified. The control unit comprisesthe function to suspend the generation of the location information bythe predetermined input operation of the operation unit afterpushing-down of the transmission command button, and is preferable tocomprise a biometrics analysis authentication function which can suspendthe generation of the location information when the user's identity isverified based on the analysis of the organism (for example, vocalcords, fingerprint, pulsation, eyeball or other organic information isincluded). Incidentally, the control unit includes the unit into whichthe computer programs or software for implementing these functions areinstalled and the software are stored into the internal memory of theunit under the condition to implement these functions.

The terminal device transmission unit of the terminal device accordingto the present invention is the unit which can communicate using thepredetermined protocol via the network and comprises the function totransmit the user identification information and the decryption key tothe server device. In addition, the transmission unit is preferable tocomprise the function to transmit the location information of theterminal device generated in the control unit to the server device oneby one in the predetermined time period (this function is called ‘GPSserver device transmission function’ hereinafter). Incidentally, thetransmission unit includes the unit into which the computer programs orsoftware for implementing these functions are installed and the softwareare stored into the internal memory of the unit under the condition toimplement these functions.

The user identification information stored into the terminal devicememory unit in the terminal device according to the present inventioncontains at least one of the name of the originator (phonograms arecontained), the birth data of the originator, the user identificationnumber (or UTN) (fifteen figures) of the mobile phone terminal,FOMA(trademark) card identity number (or UIM) of the mobile phoneterminal, ID of the mobile phone terminal, password of the mobile phoneterminal and other information for identifying the user.

The decryption key according to the present invention is the key fordecrypting the personal information containing the user identificationinformation. The decryption key can be registered and managed only bythe user.

The encryption unit in the server device is the unit which comprises thefunction to encrypt the information using the predetermined processingfor preventing the information leakage to the third person, when theuser registers at least one of the user identification information,transmission destination information, transmission source informationand other secret information related to the user. Incidentally, theencryption unit includes the unit into which the computer programs orsoftware for implementing these functions are installed and the softwareare stored into the internal memory of the unit under the condition toimplement these functions. Moreover, the encryption unit comprises eachfunction corresponding to the pseudo-encryption key generationprocessing unit related to the encryption key management device, thefirst and second reading out unit, pseudo-encryption key changingprocessing unit and data processing unit described above.

The decryption unit of the server device is the unit which comprises thefunction to read out the various kinds of the user's information withcorrelating to the received user identification information from theserver device memory unit, and decrypt them using the receiveddecryption key, when receiving the transmission command, the decryptionkey and the user identification information transmitted from theterminal device. The decryption unit is preferable to comprise thefunction to read out and decrypt the transmission destinationinformation and the transmission source information stored by beingcorrelated to the behavioral pattern selected and stored in advance fromamong the plural kinds of the behavioral patterns. Incidentally, thedecryption unit includes the unit into which the computer programs orsoftware for implementing these functions are installed and the softwareare stored into the internal memory of the unit under the condition toimplement these functions. In addition, the decryption unit compriseseach function of the second reading out unit of the encryption keymanagement device and data processing unit.

The server device control unit in the server device according to thepresent invention comprises the function to control the transmitting ofthe transmission command or the location information to the specifiedrescue support organization when the exclusive button or thepredetermined button of the operation unit in the terminal device ispushed-down long time. The server device control unit is preferable tocomprise the function to execute only one of the transmissions when twoor more rescue support organization are applicable for the transmissiondestinations. Furthermore, the control unit is preferable to comprisethe function to cancel the emergency mode and to request thecancellation of the emergency mode to the terminal device when receivingthe cancellation notification of emergency mode from the predeterminedrescue support organization (except for the case the rescue supportorganization has constructed an information transmission systemcomprising server device). The cancellation request can specify the userby combining the predetermined user identification information and thepredetermined cancellation key, and only the person having the useridentification information can request the cancellation.

The server device memory unit in the server device according to thepresent invention is the unit which comprises the function to store theencrypted transmission destination information and encryptedtransmission source information with correlating to the encrypted useridentification information and the function to store the behavioralpatterns (hereinafter, called TPO (Time, Place and Occasion) in thepresent specification) with correlating to the user identificationinformation. The server device memory unit is preferable to encrypt thepredetermined information using the decryption key and the encryptionkey managed only by the user, and supplement, modify and/or correct themat any time. Furthermore, the server device memory unit is preferable todecrypt the predetermined information using the decryption key, anddisplay it on the picture display unit for viewing at any time. Inaddition, the server device memory unit is preferable to comprise thefunction to store each user's individual information following to theregistration item (or the format) supplied from the predetermined rescuesupport organization for preparing against the disaster. Incidentally,the server device memory unit includes the unit into which the computerprograms or software for implementing these functions are installed andthe software are stored into the internal memory of the unit under thecondition to implement these functions. In addition, the server devicememory unit comprises each function of the memory unit in the encryptionkey management device.

The server device transmission unit in the server device according tothe present invention is the unit which can communicate using thepredetermined protocol via the network and which comprises the functionto transmit the transmission source information to the transmissiondestination specified by the transmission destination information. Inaddition, the transmission unit is preferable to comprise the functionto transmit at least the location information of the terminal device oneby one in the predetermined time period when receiving the locationinformation from the terminal device one by one in the predeterminedtime period (this function is called ‘GPS destination transmissionfunction’ hereinafter). Incidentally, the transmission unit includes theunit into which the computer programs or software for implementing thesefunctions are installed and the software are stored into the internalmemory of the unit under the condition to implement these functions.

The transmission destination information and the transmission sourceinformation encrypted by the encryption unit in the server deviceaccording to the present invention are the information of which the usercan previously input by every TPO using the operation unit of theterminal device based on the predetermined format, or the information ofwhich the user can input using the operation unit of the terminal unitbased on the registration item (or the format) supplied by thepredetermined rescue support organization for preparing against thedisaster. It is preferable that the user can input the predeterminedinformation according to the characteristic (for example, the infancy,the pregnant women, the elderly are included), the occupation (forexample, the job related to the passenger plane, the passenger boat andthe fishery are included), the hobby (for example, the mountainclimbing, the sailboat and the travel are included), the circumstance(for example, the personal information trading is included), theunforeseen circumstance capable to occur in the life (for example, thecases in which speedy rescue is necessary because of the urgentsituation for user, the distress, the lost child, the wandering ofdementia patient, the disaster, the man-made disaster, the naturalcalamity, the accident, the crime are included) of the user.

Concretely, the transmission destination information containsinformation made by at least one or the combination of the TPO, thetransmission condition (for example, the voice transmission andelectronic-mail are included) to the rescue support organizationsuitable for the occurred disaster (for example, cutting off of thewater supply, the stoppage of gas supplying, the power failure, thefire, the destruction of the structure, the tornado or others), thetelephone number, the electronic-mail address, GPS communicationinformation renewal interval (1 minute, 5 minutes or 10 minutes etc.) orother information necessary for accessing the rescue supportorganization. Incidentally, it is preferable that the user's locationinformation is not renewed using the GPS communication and it is mostpreferable that the location information of the present address is used,because the predetermined rescue support organization cannot specify thelocation of the disaster occurring location and the rescue supportlocation if the user's location information is frequently renewed by theGPS communication. Incidentally, in the case where the TPO is the ‘ship’for example, the transmission source information contains the kind ofthe ship, the name of the ship, the number of crews including thecaptain and fellow passenger, the place of leaving, the destination, thepurpose of the navigation, the scheduled data of return to port and allother information for distinguishing the ship. Furthermore, thetransmission source information contains the user identificationinformation of which the user wishes to disclose to the rescue supportorganization.

Incidentally, the transmission destination according to the presentinvention is the rescue support organization, the person appointed bythe user and/or the organization appointed by the user. As the examplesof the rescue support organization, at least one of the police station(i.e. the emergency telephone number to the police), fire station (i.e.the emergency telephone number to the fire station), the coast guard(i.e. the emergency telephone number to the coast guard), the localauthority, the hospital, the nursing institution, the institution ofmedical care, the private security service or other organizations forprotecting the securities of the commonalty are contained. As theexamples of the person appointed by the user, the terminal device ownedby the appointed person is contained. Hereby, in the case where the userdoes not hold the cylinder type key or the card type key, or in the casewhere the user forgets the unlocking number, it becomes possible tonotify the unlocking number to the third person corresponding to thetransmission destination. Additionally, it is possible that the rescuesupport organization corresponding to the transmission destinationand/or the person appointed by the user construct the informationtransmission system containing the server device.

By such construction, the user can store various kinds of information tothe server device memory unit of the server device one by one using theoperation unit of the terminal device and can inspect them as necessary.In this case, the user's disagreed leakages of information to the thirdperson and hackings can certainly be prevented because the informationis encrypted using the peculiar encryption key capable to be managedonly by the user whenever transmitted to the server and the encryptedinformation needs to be decrypted using the decryption key wheninspected. Therefore, the user can encrypt the user identificationinformation, the transmission destination information and thetransmission source information which is different by the TPO or theinformation peculiar to the user prepared against the disaster, and canmanage them with feeling at ease by storing the server device memoryunit in advance.

Hereby, the transmission command can be generated by pushing-down thetransmission command button of the operation unit in the terminal devicewhen the user encounters an unexpected circumstance and needs urgentrescue. Then, the predetermined information and the decryption key canbe read out from the terminal device memory unit and transmitted, thepredetermined information encrypted and stored in the server devicememory unit can be decrypted using the decryption key, and the rescuesupport organizations registered as the transmission destinations, thoseare different by the TPO or occurring accident, can be accessed.Moreover, the rescue support organization can realize quick and accuraterescue activities based on the user identification information and thetransmission source information. In addition, the rescue supportorganization can realize rescue activities more quickly, because theterminal device control unit and terminal device transmission unit ofthe terminal device comprise the GPS generation function and the GPSserver device transmission function respectively and the server devicetransmission unit of the server device comprises the GPS destinationtransmission function, and so the server device can receive the locationinformation of the user owning the terminal device at the predeterminedtime interval and can transmit the location information to the rescuesupport organization.

The information transmission method according to a preferred embodimentof the present invention in which the terminal device and the serverdevice are connected, comprising a transmission information generationstep of generating a transmission destination information containing aninformation related to a transmission destination, a transmission sourceinformation containing an information related to a user owning theterminal device and an encryption key, transmitting them to the serverdevice, and storing the encryption key to a terminal device memory unit;an encryption step of encrypting the transmission destinationinformation and the transmission source information using the encryptionkey when the transmission destination information, the transmissionsource information and the encryption key are provided to the serverdevice; a storing step of correlating the encrypted transmissiondestination information and the encrypted transmission sourceinformation to a user identification information for identifying theuser owning the terminal device, and storing them to the server devicememory unit; a transmission command generation step of generating atransmission command and reading out the user identification informationand the encryption key from the terminal device memory unit when theuser's pushing-down of the transmission command button is notified froman operation unit having the transmission command button; a commandtransmission step of transmitting the transmission command, the useridentification information and the encryption key from the terminaldevice to the server device; a decryption step of reading out theencrypted transmission destination information and the encryptedtransmission source information from the server device memory unit basedon the user identification information and decrypting the encryptedtransmission destination information and the encrypted transmissionsource information using the encryption key when the transmissioncommand, the user identification information and the encryption key areprovided from the terminal device; and a source information transmissionstep of transmitting the transmission source information to thetransmission destination specified by the transmission destinationinformation.

The encryption key managing device according to a preferred embodimentof the present invention comprises a first real encryption keygeneration unit that generates a real encryption key using a pseudoencryption key when the pseudo encryption key is provided for generatingthe real encryption key used for encrypting a object data of theencryption; a first pseudo encryption key correspondence data generationunit that generates a pseudo encryption key correspondence datacorresponding to the pseudo encryption key using the pseudo encryptionkey and the real encryption key; a first correspondence table generationunit that generates a table with correlating the pseudo encryption keyto the pseudo encryption key correspondence data; a first encryptionprocessing unit that executes a process for encrypting thecorrespondence table; and a memory unit that stores at least one of theencrypted pseudo encryption key, the pseudo encryption keycorrespondence data, the correspondence table, the real encryption keyand the encryption object data.

The first real encryption key generation unit generates the realencryption keys at random by performing the predetermined computationprocessing of the pseudo encryption key using the predetermined realencryption key generation function when the pseudo encryption key isinput, and outputs it to the first pseudo encryption key correspondencedata generation unit. Incidentally, the first real encryption keygeneration unit includes the unit into which the computer programs orsoftware for implementing this function are installed and the softwareare stored into the internal memory of the unit under the condition toimplement this function.

The real encryption key according to a preferred embodiment of thepresent invention is the key used for encrypting the object data of theencryption. There are cases in which the real encryption key is called‘encryption key for data’ or ‘encryption key (for data)’, hereinafter.

The pseudo encryption key according to the preferred embodiment of thepresent invention is the key used for generating the real encryptionkey. There are cases in which the pseudo encryption key is called‘encryption key for key’ or ‘encryption key (for key)’.

The first pseudo encryption key correspondence data generation unitgenerates the pseudo encryption key correspondence data by performingthe predetermined computation processing (for example, the processing ofdeducting the pseudo encryption key from the real encryption key) usingthe predetermined pseudo encryption key correspondence data generationfunction and outputs the computation result to the correspondence tablegeneration unit when the pseudo encryption key and the real encryptionkey are input. Incidentally, the pseudo encryption key correspondencedata is used with the pseudo encryption key when the real encryption keyis generated at a latter step. The pseudo encryption key correspondencedata generation unit includes the unit into which the computer programsor software for implementing this function are installed and thesoftware are stored into the internal memory of the unit under thecondition to implement this function.

The pseudo encryption key correspondence data according to the preferredembodiment of the present invention is the data correlated to the pseudoencryption key. Incidentally, the pseudo encryption key correspondencedata is called ‘check ID data’ hereinafter.

The first correspondence table generation unit generates thecorrespondence table in which the pseudo encryption key and the pseudoencryption key correspondence data are correlated, and outputs them tothe encryption processing unit when the pseudo encryption key and thepseudo encryption key correspondence data corresponding to this pseudoencryption key are input. The first correspondence table generation unitincludes the unit into which the computer programs or software forimplementing this function are installed and the software are storedinto the internal memory of the unit under the condition to implementthis function.

When plural pseudo encryption key according to the preferred embodimentof the present invention are input and specified, plural pseudoencryption key correspondence data corresponding to each pseudoencryption key are generated. In this case, the correspondence tablegeneration unit generates the correspondence tables by correlating eachpseudo encryption key to each pseudo encryption key correspondence data.

The first encryption processing unit according to the preferredembodiment of the present invention generates the encryptedcorrespondence table by performing the encryption processing of thecorrespondence table and stores it into the memory unit. The firstencryption processing unit includes the unit into which the computerprograms or software for implementing this function are installed andthe software are stored into the internal memory of the unit under thecondition to implement this function.

Incidentally, there are cases in which the unit including the first realencryption key generation unit, the first pseudo encryption keycorrespondence data generation unit, the first correspondence tablegeneration unit and the first encryption processing unit is called‘pseudo encryption key generation processing unit’.

Moreover, the memory unit according to the preferred embodiment of thepresent invention includes the unit comprising the storage medium ofpredetermined capacity which stores at least one of the encrypted pseudoencryption key, the encrypted pseudo encryption key correspondence data,the encrypted correspondence table, the encrypted real encryption keyand the encrypted encryption correspondence data, and into which thecomputer programs or software for implementing this function areinstalled and the software are stored under the condition to implementthis function.

By such construction, the real encryption key can be generated by thefirst real encryption key generation unit when the pseudo encryption keyis provided, the pseudo encryption key correspondence data correlated tothe pseudo encryption key can be generated by the first pseudoencryption key correspondence data generation unit when the pseudoencryption key and the generated real encryption key are provided, thecorrespondence table correlated to the pseudo encryption key and thegenerated pseudo encryption key correspondence data can be generated bythe first correspondence table generation unit and the correspondencetable can be encrypted and stored into the memory unit by the firstencryption processing unit.

The encryption key management device according to the present inventioncomprises a first decryption unit that decrypts and outputs both of thepseudo encryption key and the pseudo encryption key correspondence dataas an changing object or decrypts and outputs only the pseudo encryptionkey correspondence data; a second real encryption key generation unitthat generates the real encryption key using the pseudo encryption keyand the pseudo encryption key correspondence data as the changingobject; a second pseudo encryption key correspondence data generationunit that changes the pseudo encryption key correspondence data bygenerating the pseudo encryption key correspondence data correspondingto the changing of pseudo encryption key using the changed pseudoencryption key and the real encryption key when the changed pseudoencryption key and the real encryption key generated by the second realencryption key generation unit are provided; a second correspondencetable generation unit that generates a table correlated to the changedpseudo encryption key and the changed pseudo encryption keycorrespondence data; and a second encryption processing unit thatperforms the encryption processing of the newly generated correspondencetable.

The first decryption unit decrypts the pseudo encryption key and thepseudo encryption key correspondence data by performing the decryptionprocessing of the encrypted objects of changing, that is, both of thepseudo encryption key and the pseudo encryption key correspondence dataor only the pseudo encryption key correspondence data to the realencryption key generation unit. Furthermore, The first decryption unitoutputs the decrypted pseudo encryption key and the decrypted pseudoencryption key correspondence data. Incidentally, the first decryptionunit includes the unit into which the computer programs or software forimplementing this function are installed and the software are storedinto the internal memory of the unit under the condition to implementthis function.

The second real encryption key generation unit according to the presentinvention generates the real encryption key by performing thepredetermined computation processing (for example, the processing ofadding the pseudo encryption key to the pseudo encryption keycorrespondence data) of the pseudo encryption key of the changing objectand the pseudo encryption key correspondence data using thepredetermined real encryption key generation function and outputs it tothe second pseudo encryption key correspondence data generation unitwhen the pseudo encryption key of the changing object and the pseudoencryption key correspondence data are provided. The second realencryption key generation unit includes the unit into which the computerprograms or software for implementing this function are installed andthe software are stored into the internal memory of the unit under thecondition to implement this function.

Incidentally, the second real encryption key generation unit accordingto the present invention can generate the real encryption key using thepseudo encryption key input from the input unit by the operator, notusing the pseudo encryption key read out from the memory unit. In thiscase, the decryption processing unit may perform the decryptionprocessing only to the encrypted pseudo encryption key correspondencedata.

The second pseudo encryption key correspondence data generation unitgenerates a new pseudo encryption key correspondence data by performingthe predetermined computation processing (for example, the processing ofdeducting the pseudo encryption key from the real encryption key) of thepseudo encryption key and the real encryption key using thepredetermined pseudo encryption key correspondence data generationfunction when the newly input pseudo encryption key and the realencryption key are provided, and outputs it to the correspondence tablegeneration unit. The second pseudo encryption key correspondence datageneration unit includes the unit into which the computer programs orsoftware for implementing this function are installed and the softwareare stored into the internal memory of the unit under the condition toimplement this function.

The second correspondence table generation unit according to the presentinvention generates a new correspondence table in which the pseudoencryption key is correlated to the pseudo encryption key correspondencedata and outputs it to the second encryption processing unit when thenewly input pseudo encryption key and the newly generated pseudoencryption key correspondence data corresponding to this pseudoencryption key are input. The second correspondence table generationunit includes the unit into which the computer programs or software forimplementing this function are installed and the software are storedinto the internal memory of the unit under the condition to implementthis function.

The second encryption processing unit according to the present inventiongenerates the encrypted correspondence table by performing theencryption processing of the newly generated correspondence table andstores it into the memory unit. The second encryption processing unitincludes the unit into which the computer programs or software forimplementing this function are installed and the software are storedinto the internal memory of the unit under the condition to implementthis function.

By such construction, when the pseudo encryption key is changed, thepseudo encryption key correspondence data is changed based on thechanging of the pseudo encryption key, by generating a new pseudoencryption key correspondence data using the firstly generated realencryption key.

Incidentally, the unit including the first decryption unit, the secondreal encryption key generation unit, the second pseudo encryption keycorrespondence data generation unit, the second correspondence tablegeneration unit and the second encryption processing unit is called‘pseudo encryption key changing processing unit’ hereinafter.

The encryption key management device according to the present inventioncomprises a reading out unit that reads out at least the pseudoencryption key correspondence data correlated to the pseudo encryptionkey of changing object from the memory unit when the request forchanging the pseudo encryption key is provided.

By such construction, the first reading out unit can read out at leastthe pseudo encryption key correspondence data correlated to the pseudoencryption key of the changing object from the memory unit. The firstreading out unit includes the unit into which the computer programs orsoftware for implementing this function are installed and the softwareare stored into the internal memory of the unit under the condition toimplement this function.

The encryption key management unit according to the present inventioncomprises a second decryption unit that decrypts and outputs both of thepseudo encryption key and the pseudo encryption key correspondence datacorrelated to the pseudo encryption key, or decrypts and outputs onlythe pseudo encryption key correspondence data; a third real encryptionkey generation unit that generates and outputs the real encryption keyusing the pseudo encryption key and the pseudo encryption keycorrespondence data; and a data encryption processing unit that performsthe predetermined encryption processing of the object data of encryptionusing the real encryption key generated by the third real encryption keygeneration unit.

The second decryption processing unit generates the pseudo encryptionkey and the pseudo encryption key correspondence data by performing thedecryption processing of both of the encrypted pseudo encryption key andthe pseudo encryption key correspondence data or the decryptionprocessing of only the pseudo encryption key correspondence data, andoutputs to the real encryption key generation unit. The seconddecryption unit includes the unit into which the computer programs orsoftware for implementing this function are installed and the softwareare stored into the internal memory of the unit under the condition toimplement this function.

The third real encryption key generation unit generates the realencryption key by performing the predetermined computation processing(for example, the processing of adding the pseudo encryption key to thepseudo encryption key correspondence data) of the pseudo encryption keyand the pseudo encryption key correspondence data using thepredetermined real encryption key generation function when the pseudoencryption key and the pseudo encryption key correspondence data areprovided, and outputs it to the data encryption processing unit. Thethird real encryption key generation unit includes the unit into whichthe computer programs or software for implementing this function areinstalled and the software are stored into the internal memory of theunit under the condition to implement this function.

Incidentally, the third real encryption key generation unit according tothe present invention can generate the real encryption key using thepseudo encryption key input from outside, not using the pseudoencryption key read out from the memory unit. In this case, the seconddecryption processing unit may perform the decryption processing only tothe encrypted pseudo encryption key correspondence data.

The data encryption processing unit according to the present inventionperforms the predetermined encryption processing of the object data ofencryption using the real encryption key. The data encryption processingunit includes the unit into which the computer programs or software forimplementing this function are installed and the software are storedinto the internal memory of the unit under the condition to implementthis function.

In such construction, the real encryption key necessary for performingthe encryption processing is not stored in the memory unit, butgenerated using the pseudo encryption key stored in the memory unitwhenever the encryption processing is performed. Therefore, even theoperator who is the administrator of the encryption key managementdevice cannot know the real encryption key.

Incidentally, there are cases in which the unit including the seconddecryption processing unit, the third real encryption key generationunit and the data encryption processing unit is called ‘data processingunit’ hereinafter. It is desirable that the object data of encryption isdecrypted by the data processing unit.

The encryption key management device according to the present inventioncomprises a second reading out unit that reads out at least the pseudoencryption key correspondence data correlated to the pseudo encryptionkey of the object of reading out from the memory unit when the commandrequest for encrypting the object data of the encryption is provided.

By such construction, the second reading out unit can read out at leastthe pseudo encryption key correspondence data correlated to the pseudoencryption key of the object of reading out from the memory unit, andcan encrypt the object data of the encryption safely. The second readingout unit includes the unit into which the computer programs or softwarefor implementing this function are installed and the software are storedinto the internal memory of the unit under the condition to implementthis function.

Effect of the Present Invention

The information transmission system and the method according to thepresent invention can prevent the leakage of information easily andcertainly while reducing the effort necessary for managing theencryption key and the decryption key. Additionally, the presentinvention can store the rescue support information necessary forrescuing under the safe situation and can send the rescue supportinformation to the rescue support organization with simple operationwhen the emergency occurs.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an explanation diagram showing an example of the generationprocessing of the encryption key and the decryption key in connectionwith the mobile phone according to a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 2 is an explanation diagram showing an example of the serverprocessing for registering the data according to a preferred embodimentof the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanation diagram showing an emergent notificationprocessing of the mobile phone according to a preferred embodiment ofthe present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanation diagram showing an emergency contact receivingprocessing of the server device according to a preferred embodiment ofthe present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanation diagram showing an emergency contact receivingprocessing of the server device according to a preferred embodiment ofthe present invention in the case where the mobile phone terminal ischanged to one of another type.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an information transmission systemaccording to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a construction of the mobile phoneaccording to the information transmission system.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a construction of the server deviceaccording to the information transmission system.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of registering the rescuesupport information according to a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing fortransmitting information according to a preferred embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanation diagram showing an example of the rescuesupport information.

FIG. 12 is an explanation diagram showing an example of the procedurefor registering the rescue support information.

FIG. 13 is an explanation diagram showing an example of the displayscreen on which the rescue support information is displayed.

FIG. 14 is an explanation diagram showing an example of disaster map.

FIG. 15A is a diagram showing a situation where the user'sidentification information is registered as a contingency planning inadvance, at a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15B is a diagram showing a situation related to the providedinformation corresponding to the location of emergency and supporting ofevacuation according to an emergency occurrence of a preferredembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a situation where the information areprovided from plural user's when an emergency of a preferred embodimentof the present invention occurs.

FIG. 17 is a conceptual diagram showing the determination of recoverysupport plan according to a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the inspection service of the medicalinformation such as medical records kept by the medical institution,that is one of the user identification information according to apreferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 shows an inspection screen of the electronic medical informationaccording to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a procedure for referencing the electronicmedical records at an emergency mode according to a preferred embodimentof the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing the system structure of the electronicmedical records unitary management system according to a preferredembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing the utilization state of the user locationinformation recognition system according to a preferred embodiment ofthe present invention.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the flow of the information processing ofthe user location information recognition system according to apreferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the correlation of theinformation for registering the user identification number (or UTN)(fifteen figures) and FOMA(trademark) card identity number (or UIM) ofthe mobile phone terminal according to the second basic pattern of thepreferred embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the correlation of theinformation for registering the user identification number (or UTN)(fifteen figures) and FOMA(trademark) card identity number (or UIM) ofthe mobile phone terminal according to the second basic pattern of thepreferred embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The preferred embodiment according to the present invention is describedwith referencing the drawings hereinafter. In the following description,the necessary things for achieving the purpose of the present inventionare explained typically, the explanation corresponding to the structuresof the present invention is described mainly, and the things to whichcommon technologies can be applied are omitted.

Firstly, the encryption key management device 10 according to thepreferred embodiment of the present invention is described.

FIG. 1 shows the structure of the encryption key management device 10.The encryption key management device 10 stores the encryption key (it iscalled ‘pseudo encryption key’ hereinafter) input and specified by theoperator who is the administrator of the encryption key managementdevice 10, the individual or the corporation in advance. Then, theencryption key management device 10 generates the encryption keynecessary for the encryption processing (it is called ‘real encryptionkey’ hereinafter) using the stored pseudo encryption key whenever theactual encryption processing is executed, and executes the encryptionprocessing using the generated real encryption key.

Concretely, at first, the operator who is the administrator of theencryption key management device 10, the individual or the corporationinputs and specifies the pseudo encryption key PK by performing theinput operation of the input unit 50, then, the encryption keymanagement device 10 inputs the pseudo encryption key PK to the realencryption key generation unit 60, the check ID generation unit 70 andthe correspondence table generation unit 80 in the pseudo encryption keygeneration processing unit 20.

Incidentally, in this case, the encryption key management device 10 maygenerate the pseudo encryption key PK and stores it into the memory unit100 in advance, select and read out the pseudo encryption key PK fromthe memory unit 100 based on the input operation of the input unit 50 bythe operator, then, provide it to the pseudo encryption key generationprocessing unit 20.

The real encryption key generation unit 60 generates the real encryptionkey RK at random by performing the predetermined computation processingof the pseudo encryption key PK using the real encryption key generationfunction Frk1 when the pseudo encryption key PK is input, and outputs itto the check ID generation unit 70.

The check ID generation unit 70 generates the check ID data CI byperforming the predetermined computation processing of the realencryption key RK and the pseudo encryption key PK (for example, theprocessing of deducting the pseudo encryption key PK from the realencryption key RK) using the check ID generation function Fci when thereal encryption key RK and the pseudo encryption key PK are input, andoutputs it to the correspondence table generation unit 80. The check IDdata CI is used for generating the real encryption key RK using thepseudo encryption key PK in the later processing.

The correspondence table generation unit 80 generates the correspondencetable TB correlated to the pseudo encryption key PK and the check IDdata CI, when the pseudo encryption key PK and the check ID data CIcorrelated to the pseudo encryption key PK are input, then thecorrespondence table generation unit 80 outputs it to the encryptionprocessing unit 90.

Incidentally, when plural pseudo encryption key PK are input andspecified, plural check ID data IC are generated corresponding to eachpseudo encryption key PK. In this case, the correspondence tablegeneration unit 80 generates the correspondence table TB by correlatingeach pseudo encryption key PK to each check ID data CI.

The encryption processing unit 90 generates the encrypted correspondencetable TB by performing the encryption processing of the correspondencetable TB, and stores it into the memory unit 100.

After this, in the case where the changing of the pseudo encryption keystored in the memory unit becomes necessary by some reason such as theoperator who is the administrator of the encryption key management unit10 is changed, the encryption key management unit 10 provides the pseudoencryption key PK according to changing object to the retrievalprocessing unit 110 when the operator performs the input operation ofthe input unit 50 for inputting and specifying the pseudo encryption keynecessary for changing.

The retrieval processing unit 110 generates the encrypted pseudoencryption key PK by performing the encryption computation processing ofthe pseudo encryption key PK of the changing object. Then, the retrievalprocessing unit 110 executes the certification processing by retrievingthe encrypted pseudo encryption key PK of the changing object from amongthe encrypted correspondence table TB stored in the memory unit 100.

In the case the retrieval processing unit 110 cannot retrieve theencrypted pseudo encryption key PK of the changing object from among theencrypted correspondence table TB stored in the memory unit 100, theretrieval processing unit 110 urges the operator to input the pseudoencryption key PK once more by displaying the certification failureinformation indicating that the certification has failed on the displayunit 150.

In contrast, in the case the retrieval processing unit 110 couldretrieve the encrypted pseudo encryption key PK of the changing objectfrom among the encrypted correspondence table TB stored in the memoryunit 100, the retrieval processing unit 110 urges the operator to inputthe new pseudo encryption key PK by displaying the certification successinformation indicating that the certification has succeeded on thedisplay unit 150.

When the operator inputs and specifies the new pseudo encryption key PKby executing the input operation of the input unit 50, the encryptionkey management unit 10 provides the newly input pseudo encryption key PKto the check ID generation unit 180 and the correspondence tablegeneration unit 190 in the pseudo encryption key changing processingunit 40.

In addition, in the case the certification is succeeded, the retrievalprocessing unit 110 reads out the encrypted pseudo encryption key PK ofthe changing object and the encrypted check ID data CI corresponding tothe encrypted pseudo encryption key PK from the memory unit 100 andprovides them to the decryption processing unit 160 in the pseudoencryption key changing processing unit 40.

The decryption processing unit 160 decrypts the pseudo encryption key PKand the check ID data CI by performing the decryption processing of theencrypted pseudo encryption key PK of the changing object and theencrypted check ID data CI, then, the decryption processing unit 160outputs them to the real encryption key generation unit 170.

The real encryption key generation unit 170 generates the realencryption key RK by performing the predetermined computation processingof the pseudo encryption key PK and the check ID data CI (for example,the processing of adding the pseudo encryption key PK to check ID dataCI) using the real encryption key generation function Frk2 when thepseudo encryption key PK of the changing object and the check ID data CIare input, then, the real encryption key generation unit 170 outputs itto the check ID generation unit 180.

In this connection, the real encryption key generation unit 170 maygenerate the real encryption key RK using the pseudo encryption key PKinput from the input unit 50 by the operator, not using the pseudoencryption key PK read out from the memory unit 100. In this case, thedecryption processing unit 160 performs the decryption processing ofonly the encrypted check ID data CI.

Incidentally, the real encryption key generation unit 170 in the pseudoencryption key changing processing unit 40 generates the same realencryption key RK as the real encryption key RK generated in the realencryption key generation unit 60 in the pseudo encryption keygeneration processing unit 20.

The check ID generation unit 180 generates the new check ID data CI byperforming the predetermined computation processing of the pseudoencryption key PK and the real encryption key RK (for example, theprocessing of deducting the pseudo encryption key PK from the realencryption key RK) using the check ID generation function Fci when thenewly input pseudo encryption key PK and the real encryption key RK areprovided, then, the check ID generation unit 180 outputs it to thecorrespondence table generation unit 190.

As described above, when the pseudo encryption key is changed, the checkID data CI is changed based on the changing of the pseudo encryption keyPK by generating the new check ID data CI using the first generated realencryption key RK.

Hereby, the real encryption key generation unit 130 of the dataprocessing unit 30 can continuously generate the same real encryptionkey RK as the real encryption key RK firstly generated in the realencryption key generation unit 60 in the pseudo encryption keygeneration processing unit 20 even when the pseudo encryption key PK hasbeen changed. Therefore, the state of which the real encryption key RKis fixed in the encryption key management device 10 can be kept.

The correspondence table generation unit 190 generates the newcorrespondence table TB in which the pseudo encryption key and the checkID data CI are correlated when the newly input pseudo encryption key PKand the newly generated check ID data CI corresponding to the pseudoencryption key PK are input. Then, the correspondence table generationunit 190 outputs it to the encryption processing unit 200.

The encryption processing unit 200 generates the encryptedcorrespondence table TB by performing the encryption processing of thenewly generated correspondence table TB, then the encryption processingunit 200 stores it into the memory unit 100.

In such state, the encryption key management device 10 provides thepseudo encryption key PK for generating the real encryption key PKnecessary for executing the encryption processing of the predetermineddata to the retrieval processing unit 110, when the pseudo encryptionkey PK is input from outside.

The retrieval processing unit 110 generates the encrypted pseudoencryption key PK by performing the encryption processing of the pseudoencryption key PK. Then, the retrieval processing unit 110 retrieves theencrypted pseudo encryption key PK from among the encryptedcorrespondence table TB stored in the memory unit 100.

In the case the retrieval processing unit 110 could retrieve the inputand encrypted pseudo encryption key PK from among the encryptedcorrespondence table TB stored in the memory unit 100, the retrievalprocessing unit 110 reads out the encrypted pseudo encryption key PK andthe encrypted check ID data CI stored with being correlated to theencrypted pseudo encryption key PK, and provides them to the decryptionprocessing unit 120 in the data processing unit 30.

The decryption processing unit 120 generates the pseudo encryption keyPK and the check ID data CI by performing the decryption processing ofthe encrypted pseudo encryption key PK and the encrypted check ID dataCI. Then, the decryption processing unit 120 outputs them to the realencryption key generation unit 130.

Incidentally, in this case, the pseudo encryption key PK and the checkID data CI may be retrieved after the decryption of the encryptedcorrespondence table TB.

The real encryption key generation unit 130 generates the realencryption key RK by performing the predetermined computation processingof the pseudo encryption key PK and check ID data CI (for example, theprocessing of adding the pseudo encryption key PK to the check ID dataCI) using the real encryption key generation function Frk2 when thepseudo encryption key and the check ID data CI are provided. Then, realencryption key generation unit 130 outputs it to the data encryptionprocessing unit 140.

In this connection, the real encryption key generation unit 130 maygenerate the real encryption key using the pseudo encryption key PKinput from outside, not using the pseudo encryption key PK read out fromthe memory unit 100. In this case, the decryption processing unit 120performs the decryption processing only of the encrypted check ID dataCI.

Incidentally, the real encryption key generation unit 130 generates thesame real encryption key RK as the real encryption key RK generated inthe real encryption key generation unit 60 in the pseudo encryption keygeneration processing unit 20.

The data encryption processing unit 140 performs the predeterminedencryption processing of the object data of the encryption using thereal encryption key RK. Hereby, the real encryption key RK necessary forperforming the encryption processing is not stored in the memory unit100 but is generated using the pseudo encryption key PK stored in thememory unit 100 whenever the encryption processing is performed.Therefore, even the operator who is the administrator of the encryptionkey management device 10 cannot know the real encryption key RK.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the data processing in the encryption keymanagement device 10 when the pseudo encryption key PK is changed. InFIG. 2, the symbol PKb indicates the unchanged pseudo encryption key PK,the symbol TBb indicates the unchanged correspondence table TB, thesymbol PKa indicates the changed pseudo encryption key PK and the symbolTBa indicates the changed correspondence table TB.

In such situation, the encryption key management device 10 provides thepseudo encryption key PK to the retrieval processing unit 110 forperforming the encryption processing of the predetermined data, when thechanged pseudo encryption key is input from outside.

The retrieval processing unit 110 generates the encrypted pseudoencryption key PK by performing the encryption processing of the changedpseudo encryption key PK. Then, the retrieval processing unit 110retrieves the changed encrypted pseudo encryption key from the encryptedcorrespondence table TB stored in the memory unit 100.

In this case, the retrieval processing unit 110 can retrieve the changedpseudo encryption key, which is input and encrypted, from the encryptedcorresponding table TB stored in the memory unit 100. Next, theretrieval processing unit 110 reads out the encrypted pseudo encryptionkey PK and the encrypted check ID data CI stored with being correlatedto the encrypted pseudo encryption key from the memory unit 100. Then,the retrieval processing unit 110 provides these data to the decryptionprocessing unit 120 in the data processing unit 30.

The decryption processing unit 120 generates the changed pseudoencryption key PK and the changed check ID data CI by performing thedecryption processing of the encrypted changed pseudo encryption key PKand the encrypted check ID data CI, and outputs them to the realencryption key generation unit 130.

The real encryption key generation unit 130 generates the same realencryption key RK as the firstly generated real encryption key RK in thereal encryption key generation unit 60 in the pseudo encryption keygeneration processing unit 20 by performing the predeterminedcomputation processing of the pseudo encryption key PK and the check IDdata CI (for example, the processing of adding the pseudo encryption keyPK to the check ID data CI) using the real encryption key generationfunction Frk2 when the changed pseudo encryption key PK and the check IDdata CI are provided, and outputs it to the data encryption processingunit 140 for making the data encryption processing unit 140 to performthe predetermined encryption processing.

In contrast, when the unchanged pseudo encryption key PK is input fromthe input unit 50, the retrieval processing unit 110 displays theauthentication failure information, which indicates that the unchangedpseudo encryption key PK cannot be retrieved from the encryptedcorrespondence table TB stored in the memory unit 100, on the displayunit 150.

Hereby, an unauthorized access by the person knowing the unchangedpseudo encryption key PK can be prevented, therefore, leak ofinformation can be prevented easily. In addition, the same realencryption key RK as the real encryption key RK necessary for the actualencryption processing can be generated, even if the pseudo encryptionkey PK is changed, therefore, the effort for management of theencryption key can be reduced because new encryption processing of thedata is not necessary.

FIG. 3 shows the procedure RT10 of pseudo encryption key generationprocessing according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, whenthe procedure of the pseudo encryption key generation processing RT10starts, the encryption key management device 10 jumps to the step SP10and inputs the pseudo encryption key PK based on the operator's inputoperation of the input unit 50.

According to the step SP20, the pseudo encryption key generationprocessing unit 20 generates the real encryption key RK based on thepseudo encryption key PK. According to the step SP30, the pseudoencryption key generation processing unit 20 generates the check ID dataCI by performing the predetermined computation processing of the pseudoencryption key PK and the real encryption key RK.

According to the step SP40, the pseudo encryption key generationprocessing unit 20 generates the correspondence table TB by correlatingthe pseudo encryption key PK with the check ID data CD generated usingthe pseudo encryption key PK.

According to the step SP50, the pseudo encryption key generationprocessing unit 20 encrypts the correspondence table TB, then, jumps tothe step SP60 and stores the encrypted correspondence table TB into thememory unit 100. In addition, the pseudo encryption key generationprocessing unit 20 jumps to the step SP70 and completes the procedureRT10 of the pseudo encryption key generation processing.

FIG. 4 shows the procedure RT20 of the data processing according to thepresent embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the encryption key managementdevice 10 jumps to the step SP100 when the procedure of the pseudoencryption key generation processing RT20 starts, and provides thepseudo encryption key PK to the retrieval processing unit 110 when thepseudo encryption key PK is input from the outside.

According to the step SP110, the retrieval processing unit 110 encryptsthe input pseudo encryption key PK. According to the step SP120, theretrieval processing unit 110 retrieve the input encrypted pseudoencryption key PK from the encrypted correspondence table TB stored inthe memory unit 100.

When the retrieval processing unit 110 determines that the pseudoencryption key PK can be retrieved at the step SP130, the retrievalprocessing unit 110 jumps to the step SP140 and reads out the encryptedpseudo encryption key PK and the encrypted check ID data CI stored withbeing correlated to the encrypted pseudo encryption key PK from thememory unit 100. Next, the retrieval processing unit 110 provides themto the data processing unit 30. Then, the data processing unit 30decrypts each of the encrypted pseudo encryption key PK and the check IDdata CI.

In contrast, when the retrieval processing unit 110 determines that theinput and encrypted pseudo encryption key PK cannot be retrieved at thestep SP130, the retrieval processing unit 110 returns to the step SP100and the above described processing are repeated.

According to the step SP150, the data processing unit 30 generates thereal encryption key RK by performing the predetermined computationprocessing of the pseudo encryption key PK and the check ID data CIusing the real encryption key generation function Frk2.

According to the step SP160, the data processing unit 30 performs thepredetermined encryption processing of the object data of encryptionusing the real encryption key RK. Then the data processing unit 30 jumpsto the step SP170 and the procedure RT20 of the data processing iscompleted.

FIG. 5 shows the procedure RT30 of the pseudo encryption key changingprocessing according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, whenthe procedure of the pseudo encryption key generation processing RT30starts, the encryption key management device 10 inputs the pseudoencryption key PK of changing object based on the operator's inputoperation using the input unit 50 at the step SP200.

According to the step SP210, the retrieval processing unit 110 generatesthe encrypted pseudo encryption key PK by performing the encryptionprocessing of the pseudo encryption key PK of changing object. Then, theretrieval processing unit 110 performs the authentication processing byretrieving the encrypted pseudo encryption key PK of changing objectfrom among the encrypted correspondence table TB stored in the memoryunit 100.

When the retrieval processing unit 110 cannot retrieve the input andencrypted pseudo encryption key PK of the changing object and determinesthe failure of authentication at the step SP220, the retrievalprocessing unit 110 returns to the step SP200 and repeats theabove-described processing.

In contrast, when the retrieval processing unit 110 could retrieve theinput and encrypted pseudo encryption key PK of the changing object anddetermines the success of authentication at the step SP220, theretrieval processing unit 110 jumps to the step SP230 and makes theoperator to input the new pseudo encryption key PK.

According to the step SP240, the retrieval processing unit 110 reads outthe encrypted pseudo encryption key PK of the changing object and theencrypted check ID data CI stored with being correlated to the encryptedpseudo encryption key PK from the memory unit 100, and provides them tothe pseudo encryption key changing processing unit 40.

According to the SP250, the pseudo encryption key changing processingunit 40 decrypts the encrypted pseudo encryption key PK and the check IDdata CI of changing object respectively. According to the step SP260,the pseudo encryption key changing processing unit 40 generates the realencryption key RK by performing the predetermined computation processingof the pseudo encryption key PK of the changing object and the check IDdata CI using the real encryption key generation function Frk2.

According to the step SP270, the pseudo encryption key changingprocessing unit 40 generates the new check ID data CI by performing thepredetermined computation processing of the new pseudo encryption key PKand real encryption key RK using the check ID generation function Fci.

According to the step SP280, the pseudo encryption key changingprocessing unit 40 generates the new correspondence table TB bycorrelating the new pseudo encryption key PK with the new check ID dataCI corresponding to the pseudo encryption key PK.

According to the step SP290, the pseudo encryption key changingprocessing unit 40 encrypts this correspondence table TB. Next, thepseudo encryption key changing processing unit 40 jumps to the followingstep SP300 and stores the encrypted correspondence table TB into thememory unit 100. Then, the pseudo encryption key changing processingunit 40 jumps to the step SP310 and the pseudo encryption key changingprocessing procedure RT30 completes.

As described above, the present embodiment can continuously generate thesame real encryption key even if the pseudo encryption key PK ischanged, thereby, reducing the effort for managing the encryption key.Moreover, the information leakage can be prevented easily by changingthe pseudo encryption key PK as necessary.

Incidentally, the above-described embodiment is merely an example, andso the above-described embodiment does not restrict the presentinvention. For example, the pseudo encryption key can be changed atfixed interval (for example, every day), but not changed when theoperator who is the administrator of the encryption key managementdevice 10 is changed.

The above-described embodiment is the case where the real encryption keygeneration unit 60 is applied as the first real encryption keygeneration unit, but other various kinds of the first real encryptionkey generation units, which are constructed to generate the realencryption key RK using the pseudo encryption key PK when the realencryption key RK used for encrypting the data of the encryption objectis provided, may be applied.

The above-described embodiment is the case where the check ID generationunit 70 is applied as the first pseudo encryption key correspondencetable generation unit, but other various kinds of the first pseudoencryption key correspondence table generation units, which areconstructed to generate the check ID data CI as the pseudo encryptionkey correspondence data correlated to the pseudo encryption key PK usingthe pseudo encryption key PK and the real encryption key RK, may beapplied.

The above-described embodiment is the case where the correspondencetable generation unit 80 and the encryption processing unit 90 areapplied as the first correspondence table generation unit and the firstencryption processing unit, but other various kinds of the firstcorrespondence table generation units and the first encryptionprocessing units, which are constructed to store the pseudo encryptionkey PK and the check ID data CI corresponding to the pseudo encryptionkey correspondence data into the memory unit 100, may be applied.

The above-described embodiment is the case where the retrievalprocessing unit 110 is applied as the first read out unit, but othervarious kinds of the first read out units, which are constructed to readout the check ID data CI as the pseudo encryption key correspondencedata correlated to the pseudo encryption key PK of changing object, maybe applied.

The above-described embodiment is the case where the decryptionprocessing unit 160 is applied as the first decryption unit, but othervarious kinds of the first decryption units, which are constructed toread out and decrypt the check ID data CI as the pseudo encryption keycorrespondence data correlated to the pseudo encryption key PK ofchanging object and output it, may be applied.

The above-described embodiment is the case where the real encryption keygeneration unit 170 is applied as the second real encryption keygeneration unit, but other various kinds of the second real encryptionkey generation units, which are constructed to generate the realencryption key RK using the pseudo encryption key PK of the changingobject and the check ID data CI as the pseudo encryption keycorrespondence data, may be applied.

The above-described embodiment is the case where the check ID generationunit 180 is applied as the second pseudo encryption key correspondencedata generation unit, but other various kinds of the second pseudoencryption key correspondence data generation units, which areconstructed to change the pseudo encryption key correspondence data bygenerating the check ID data CI as the pseudo encryption keycorrespondence data using the changed pseudo encryption key PK and realencryption key RK when the pseudo encryption key PK is changed, may beapplied.

The above-described embodiment is the case where the correspondencetable generation unit 190 and the encryption processing unit 200 areapplied as the second correspondence table generation unit and thesecond encryption processing unit, but other various kinds of the secondcorrespondence table generation units and the second encryptionprocessing units, which are constructed to store the changed pseudoencryption key PK and the check ID data CI as the pseudo encryption keycorrespondence data into the memory unit 100 with correlating eachother, may be applied.

The above-described embodiment is the case where the retrievalprocessing unit 110 is applied as the second read out unit, but othervarious kinds of the second read out units, which are constructed toread out at least the check ID data CI as the pseudo encryption keycorrespondence data correlated to the pseudo encryption key PK of thereading out object from the memory unit 100 when the command forencrypting the data of encryption object is requested, may be applied.

The above-described embodiment is the case where the decryptionprocessing unit 120 is applied as the second decryption unit, but othervarious kinds of the second decryption units, which are constructed todecrypt and output at least the check ID data CI as the pseudoencryption key correspondence data correlated to the pseudo encryptionkey PK of the reading out object from the memory unit 100, can beapplied.

The above-described embodiment is the case where the real encryption keygeneration unit 130 is applied as the third real encryption keygeneration unit, but other various kinds of the third real encryptionkey generation units, which are constructed to generate the realencryption key RK using the pseudo encryption key PK of the reading outobject and the check ID data CI as the pseudo encryption keycorrespondence data and outputs it, may be applied.

The above-described embodiment is the case where the data encryptionprocessing unit 140 is applied as the data encryption processing unit,but other various kinds of the data encryption processing units, whichare constructed to perform the predetermined encryption processing ofthe encryption object data using the real encryption key generated bythe third real encryption key generation unit, may be applied.

Next, the information transmission system 10-S according to a preferredembodiment of the present invention is described.

FIG. 6 shows the structure of the information transmission system 10-Saccording to an embodiment of the present invention. The informationtransmission system 10-S is the system that realize the rescue supportservice for supporting the rescue of the user when the unforeseencircumstance occurs to the contracting user, and comprises a mobilephone 20-S and a server device 30-S. FIG. 7 shows the composition of thecircuit of the mobile phone 20-S and FIG. 8 shows the composition of thecircuit of the server 30-S.

According to the present embodiment, the user previously inputs therescue support information, which is necessary for rescue in a state ofemergency, by operating the operation key 110-S as the operation unit ofthe mobile phone 20-S. FIG. 11 shows an example of the rescue supportinformation containing the personal basic data IE and FIG. 12 shows anexample of the procedure when, for example, the rescue supportinformation for ship is registered to the server device 30-S.

The personal basic data registration S1 of FIG. 12 indicates that theterminal device 20-S is connected with the server device 30-S via thenetwork and the user inputs the personal basic data IE containing, forexample, the name, address, physical information and so on (i.e. useridentification information) using the operation key 110-S based on thepredetermined input format of the display unit 130-S.

The TPO registration S2 of the FIG. 12 indicates that the terminaldevice 20-S is connected with the server device 30-S via the network andthe user inputs the transmission data IB classified by the TPO as thetransmission destination information containing the information relatedto the transmission destination such as the telephone number andtransmission method of rescue support organization 40S, using theoperation key 110-S based on the predetermined input format of thedisplay unit 130-S.

Moreover, the TPO registration S2 of the FIG. 12 indicates that thepeculiar data IC classified by the TPO as the transmission sourceinformation containing the information related to the transmissionsource using the operation key 110-S based on the input peculiartemplate ID classified by the TPO. The user's desired data can beselected and specified from among the personal basic data IE input inadvance. Incidentally, the inputting to the input template ID fixedaccording to the TPO may be omitted as necessary.

Incidentally, the transmission data IB classified by the TPO and thepeculiar data IC classified by the TPO are generated with assigning thesame distinction number to the same behavioral pattern and stored intothe memory unit 220-S. Hereby, the transmission data IB classified bythe TPO and the peculiar data IC classified by the TPO are correlatedeach other according to the behavioral pattern.

Incidentally, the user can set the decryption key and encryption keysuch as the passwords, together when inputting the rescue supportinformation using the operation key 110-S. The control unit 100-S storesthe decryption key to the memory unit 120-S as the terminal devicememory unit when the decryption key and the encryption key are set. Thedecryption key is read out from the memory unit 120-S when the rescuesupport information composed of the transmission data IB classified bythe TPO (i.e. transmission destination information) and the peculiardata IC classified by the TPO (transmission source information) arestored, and these are output to the transmission processing unit 140-S.

The transmission and receiving processing unit 140-S generates atransmission signal by performing the modulation processing of thedecryption key, and transmits it using antenna 150-S. Incidentally, thecontrol unit 100-S deletes the rescue support information stored in thememory unit 120-S as necessary after transmitting the rescue supportinformation when a volatile memory is used as memory unit 120-S.

The receiving processing unit 200-S of the server device 30-S acquiresthe encryption key by performing the demodulation processing of thereceived signal when receiving the transmission signal transmitted fromthe mobile phone 20-S, and outputs it to the encryption processing unit210-S. The encryption processing unit 210-S as the encryption unitencrypts the rescue support information using the encryption key andstores the encrypted rescue support information to the memory unit 220-Sas the server device memory unit.

Thus, the terminal device 20-S is connected with the server device 30-Svia the network, the predetermined information is input using thedisplay unit 130-S and the encryption key is transmitted from the mobilephone 20-S to the server device 30-S one by one every time the usersigns on for the rescue support service realized by the informationtransmission system 10-S. Hereby, the server device 30-S stores theencrypted rescue support information and manages them by the user.

In such situation, the user previously sets and inputs the defaulttransmission TPO flag IA as the behavioral pattern corresponding to theplanned behavior by operating the operation key 110-S when the userperforms the specified behavior such as the going out (see FIG. 12(S3)). Concretely, the identification number corresponding to theplanned behavior contained in the transmission data IB classified by theTPO and the peculiar template IC classified by the TPO is input and set.

The control unit 100-S transmits the input behavioral patterninformation to the server device 30-S via the transmission and receivingprocessing unit 140-S and the antenna 150-S. The receiving processingunit 200-S of the server device 30-S stores the behavioral patterninformation into the memory unit 220-S with correlating the behavioralpattern information with the rescue support information of the userowning the mobile phone 20-S of the transmission.

After that, the user notifies the occurrence of emergency to the controlunit 100-S by pushing down the exclusive button as the transmissioncommand button located in the operation key 110-S and makes the mobilephone 20-S to change into an emergency mode, when the unforeseencircumstance such as an accident or a crime, occurs under the situationwhere the user is performing the behavior corresponding to the setbehavioral pattern. Incidentally, in this case, the user may push thebutton previously selected from the operation key 110-S long time.

In this case, the control unit 100-S makes the mobile phone 20-S tochange into the emergency mode by controlling the executions of eachunits, even if other operations such as calling or mail are executed.However, the control unit 100-S can realize the inherent functions ofthe mobile phone 20-S after switching over to the emergency mode.

When the occurrence of the emergency is notified, the control unit 100-Sgenerates the transmission command for making the server device 30-S totransmit the rescue support information to the rescue supportorganization 40-S. In addition, the control unit reads out the useridentification information, which is the identification information ofthe user owning the mobile phone 20-S, and the decryption key from thememory unit 120-S. Furthermore, the control unit 100-S generates thelocation information of the mobile phone 20-S by receiving theelectromagnetic wave sent from the GPS satellite.

Then, the control unit 100-S transmits the transmission command, theuser identification information, the decryption key and the locationinformation to the server device 30-S via the transmission and receivingprocessing device 140-S as the terminal device transmission unit and theantenna 150-S. Incidentally, after that, the control unit 100-Sgenerates at least the location information from among one of thetransmission command, the user identification information, thedecryption key and the location information at the predetermined timeinterval and transmits them to the server device 30-S. Hereby, thelocation of the user can be specified and the rescue operation can beexecuted smoothly even if the user owning the mobile phone 20-S moves.

The control unit 100-S invalidates the operation of shutting down thepower supply while displaying the screen corresponding to the shuttingdown of the power supply, and continuously transmits at least thelocation information to the server device 30-S.

Incidentally, the control unit 100-S can be constituted to acquire theimage information such as still image, moving image and so on, bystarting the camera 180-S and transmits the image information to theserver device 30-S after switching over to the emergency mode.Furthermore, the control unit 100-S can be constituted to transmit thevoice information input by the microphone 170-S to the server device30-S.

In addition, the control unit 100-S can perform various kinds of actionsuch as processing for taking pictures, processing for acceptingincoming calls and so on, without outputting sound or voice from thespeaker 160-S after switching over to the emergency mode, because theuser may be in the situation encounter in a crime.

When receiving the transmission command, the user identificationinformation, the decryption key and the location information, thereceiving processing unit 200-S of the server device 30-S outputs theuser identification information among them to the memory unit 220-S,outputs the decryption key among them to the processing unit 230-S andoutputs the location information among them to the transmissionprocessing unit 240-S.

The memory unit 220-S retrieves the transmission data IB classified bythe TPO and the peculiar data IC classified by the TPO of the user basedon the user identification information. Furthermore, the memory unit220-S retrieves the transmission data IB classified by the TPO and thepeculiar data IC classified by the TPO corresponding to the presetdefault transmission TPO flag IA from among the retrieved transmissiondata IB classified by the TPO and the retrieved peculiar data ICclassified by the TPO and read out them. Then, the memory unit 220-Soutputs the read out transmission data IB and the read out peculiar dataIC to the decryption processing unit 230-S.

The decryption processing unit 230-S as the decryption unit decrypts thetransmission data IB classified by the TPO and the peculiar data ICclassified by the TPO using the decryption key and outputs the decryptedtransmission data IB classified by the TPO and the decrypted peculiardata IC classified by the TPO to the transmission processing unit 240-S.

The transmission processing unit 240-S as the server device transmissionunit transmits the peculiar data IC classified by the TPO and thelocation information to the rescue support organization 40-S which isthe transmission destination specified by the transmission data IBclassified by the TPO using the transmission method specified by thetransmission data ID classified by TPO. For example, the peculiar dataIC classified by the TPO and the location information are transmitted tothe rescue support organization 40-S such as the fire station, thepolice station, the coast guard, the private security service and so on,using the telephone or the electronic-mail via the network. The rescuesupport organization 40-S may construct the information transmissionsystem containing the server device 30-S.

Incidentally, the transmission processing unit 240-S can be constructedto transmit the peculiar data IC classified by the TPO and the locationinformation to the display unit not shown in figures, and to display thepicture corresponding to the peculiar data IC classified by the TPO andthe location information on the display unit. In such case, the operatorcan confirm the screen of the display unit and check whether thetransmission command is a misinformation before transmitting thepeculiar data IC classified by the TPO and the location information tothe rescue support organization 40-S. Hereby, it can be prevented totransmit the misinformation to the rescue support organization 40-S.

FIG. 13 shows an example of the display screen when the shipping(identification number is ‘1’) is set as the default transmission TPOflag IA. As shown in FIG. 13, the movement of the user can be displayedcontinuously by displaying the user's location information (P1 to P30)transmitted at the predetermined time interval on the map.

After that, the rescuer of the rescue support organization rushes to thescene and executes the rescue operation. Then, the rescue supportorganization 40-S transmits the transmission cancellation command to theserver device 30-S when the rescue operation is completed. The receivingprocessing unit 200-S of the server device 30-S cancels the emergencymode by stopping the transmission of the transmission command using theemergency mode cancellation function for canceling the emergency mode ofthe control unit 250-S when receiving the transmission cancellationcommand. Next, the transmission processing unit 240-S transmits thetransmission cancellation command to the mobile phone 20-S. The mobilephone 20-S receives the transmission cancellation command using theantenna 150-S and notifies it to the control unit 100-S through thetransmission and receiving processing unit 140-S. The control unit 100-Scancels the emergency mode and stops the transmission of the locationinformation when the transmission cancellation command is notified.

Moreover, the mobile phone 20-S can stop the transmission of thetransmission command and/or the location information by thepredetermined input operation to the operation unit 110-S, furthermore,can stop the generation or the transmission of the location informationbased on the certification of the user using the analysis result of thecontrol unit 100-S in connection with the living body (including thephysical information of living body such as the vocal codes, thefingerprint, the pulsation, eyeball and so on).

Hereinafter, the procedure for the rescue support informationregistration processing and the rescue support information transmissionprocessing are described with referencing FIG. 9 and FIG. 10. Thisprocedure of the processing is the embodiment when the procedure of thekey management and encryption of the object data according to the keymanagement device shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 are applied to the informationtransmission system, and so the description is simple and practical.

FIG. 9 shows the rescue support information registration processingprocedure RT10-S according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 9, the control unit 100-S of the mobile phone 20-Sstarts the rescue support information registration processing procedureRT10-S when the user performs the input operation of the rescue supportinformation using the operation key 110-S. Then, the control unit 100-Sof the mobile phone 20-S transmits the input rescue support informationto the server device 30-S via the transmission and receiving processingunit 140-S and the antenna 150-S.

According to the step SP20-S, the rescue support information is providedto the encryption processing unit 210-S in the server device 30-Sthrough the receiving processing unit 20-S. Next, the encryptionprocessing unit 210-S jumps to the step SP30-S and stores the encryptedrescue support information into the memory unit 220-S. Then, theencryption processing unit 210-S jumps to the step SP40-S and completesthe rescue support information registration processing procedure RT10-S.

FIG. 10 shows the information transmission processing procedure RT20-Saccording to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 10, the controlunit 100-S of the mobile phone 20-S starts the information transmissionprocessing procedure RT20-S when the user performs the input operationof the behavioral pattern information using the operation key 110-S.Then, the control unit 100-S of the mobile phone 20-S transmits theinput behavioral pattern information to the server device 30-S via thetransmission and receiving processing unit 140-S and the antenna 150-S.The server device 30-S receives the behavioral pattern information usingthe receiving processing unit 200-S and stores it into the memory unit220-S.

According to the step SP110-S, the control unit 100-S of the mobilephone 20-S transmits the transmission command, the user identificationinformation, the decryption key and the location information to theserver device 30-S via the transmission and receiving processing unit140-S and the antenna 150-S when the occurrence of the emergency isnotified by the user's pushing-down of the exclusive button in theoperation key 110-S.

According to the step SP120-S, the server device 30-S reads out therescue support information corresponding to the provided useridentification information from the memory unit 220-S, and decrypts theread out rescue support information using the decryption processing unit230-S.

According to the step SP130-S, the transmission processing unit 240-S inthe server device 30-S transmits the rescue support information to therescue support organization 40-S. According to the step SP140-S, theserver device 30-S receives the transmission cancellation commandtransmitted from the rescue support organization 40-S when the rescueoperation by the rescue support organization 40-S is completed. Then,the process jumps to the step SP150-S and transmission of the rescuesupport information is stopped when the transmission cancellationcommand is notified to the transmission processing unit 240-S. Then, theprocess jumps to the step SP160-S and the server device 30-S completesthe information transmission processing procedure RT20-S.

In contrast, when the server device 30-S is decided not to receive thetransmission cancellation command at the step SP140-S, the server device30-S returns to the step SP130-S and repeats the transmitting of therescue support information until receiving the transmission cancellationcommand.

As described above, the present embodiment can store and manage therescue support information under the safe condition by storing thedecryption key necessary for decrypting the rescue support information,which is stored in the memory unit 220-S in the server device 30-S, intothe memory unit 120-S in the mobile phone 20-S and not into the serverdevice 30-S. Moreover, the present embodiment can transmit the rescuesupport information to the rescue support organization only by a simpleoperation, that is, user's pushing-down of the exclusive button. Hereby,the information transmission system with higher rescue rate can berealized.

In addition, the location information can be transmitted to the serverdevice 30-S at the predetermined time interval, so the presentembodiment can specify and chase the user's location even if the userowing the mobile phone 20-S moves, and thereby the success rate ofrescue becomes higher.

Moreover, the user previously stores the behavioral pattern informationcorresponding to the planned behavior into the memory unit 220-S in theserver device 30-S when the user plans to execute the specifiedbehavior, and so the present embodiment can transmit the rescue supportinformation suitable for the user's behavior to the rescue supportorganization 40-S.

Example 1

Incidentally, the above-described embodiment is only an example and doesnot restrict the present invention. For example, as shown in FIG. 14,the control unit 100-S in the mobile phone 20-S makes the user to selectthe damage information such as the kind of the disaster, the kind of thedamaged lifeline and so on by displaying the TPO selection screen D10 onthe display unit 130-S based on the user's operation of the operationkey 110-S. Then, the control unit 100-S in the mobile phone 20-Stransmits the selected damage information to the rescue supportorganization 40-S such as autonomy and so on through the server device30-S. Hereby, the disaster map such as the map indicating the situationof disaster occurrence etc. can be made out and the detailed rescuesupport plan can be determined.

The determination of rescue support plan is described in detail,hereinafter.

FIG. 15A shows the situation when the user's peculiar information ispreviously registered for the disaster preparedness according to anembodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 15A, the useracquires the disaster preparedness advance registration format providedby the local authority using the QR code D200 or other function of themobile phone 20-S, for example. Then, the user's peculiar information(the address, the name, the family structure, the electronic-mailaddress of the mobile phone and physical information and other inputitem are shown in the FIG. 15A, but the input items are not limited tothese items) are input. After that, the user makes the memory unit 220-Sin the server device 30-S to store the information using the encryptionkey peculiar to the user by operating the mobile phone 20-S.

FIG. 15B shows the situation for providing information about thedisaster occurrence location and the support for evacuation according toan embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 15B, when thedisaster occurs, the user performs the predeterminedkey-inputting-operation using the operation key 110-S, and so theinforming picture for disaster occurrence is displayed on the displayunit 130-S (or the mechanism for accessing the website for supplying theinformation can be employed). After displaying such information, theuser can select the occurred disaster (the water supply, the gas supply,the electricity supply, the fire and the flood are listed as theselection items, the selection items are not limited to these items). Inaddition, the user requiring the rescue can select the item of rescue.Furthermore, the detailed information related to the predetermineddisaster can be supplied (for example, the detailed information isdesirable to be supplied based on the common format for disasters, thepeculiar format by each disaster or the free format). Incidentally, FIG.15B shows the case where the disaster is the fire and the disasterinformation is the road,and the condition of the road is provided.

As soon as the operation completes, the receiving processing unit 200-Sin the server device 30-S receives the notification (i.e. transmissioncommand) and the decryption key based on the predeterminedkey-inputting-operation of the operation key 110-S. Next, the user'speculiar information stored into the memory unit 220-S is decryptedusing the decryption key and transmitted to the local authority throughthe transmission processing unit 230-S with the above describedinformation contents. After the transmission, the location informed bythe user is pointed on the map displayed on the screen of theinformation device of the local authority 40-S-1. Additionally, in thecase the mobile phone 20-S comprises the GPS function, the informationof the user's location can be pointed. Furthermore, the addresspreviously registered by the user can be pointed when the user selectsthe item of the rescue. The local authority can transmit the suitableinformation based on these information and the user can confirm theinformation using the display unit 130-S (FIG. 15B shows the case wherethe evacuation center data is transmitted as the response and receivedby the display unit 130 as the map information and the text information,but the present invention is not limited to this example).

FIG. 16 shows the situation when the plural users supply the informationabout the disaster occurrence according to an embodiment of the presentinvention. As shown in the FIG. 16, according to the above describedprocedure, the mobile phone 20-S-1, 20-S-2, 20-S-3 and 20-S-4 owned byeach user inform the disaster occurrence, then, the disasters detectedby the provided information are pointed on the map displayed on thescreen D230 corresponding to the information device of the localauthority 40-S as the point D230-1, D230-2, D230-3 and D230-4. Moreover,when the water outage is detected by the provided information, thesuspended pint D240-1 is displayed with the route of water supply pipeas shown on the screen D240. When the suspension of the gas supply isdetected by the provided information, the suspended point D250-1 andD250-2 are displayed with the route of gas supply pipe as shown on thescreen D250. When the user selects the item of the rescue, the addressD260-1 previously registered by the user can be pointed as shown onscreen D260, moreover, the location information of the user can bepointed if the mobile phone has the GPS function. Therefore, the speedyand reliable rescue can be realized.

FIG. 17 is the conceptual diagram corresponding to the determination ofthe plan for supporting the recovery against the disaster occurrenceaccording to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG.17, the disaster location and the rescue requested location detected bythe user's present address information are pointed on the map displayedon the screen of the information device of the local authority 40-S-1,and the plan for supporting the recovery is made based on theseinformation. The local authority 40-S-1 can use the system containingthe Geographic Information System (hereinafter, the GeographicInformation System is called ‘GIS’) and the information of lifeline suchas piping etc. Therefore, as an example of the fire, the subsidence routD230-10 suitable for the fire station 40-S-2 can be instructed andconfirmed on the screen of the information device of the fire station40-S-2. Moreover, as an example of the water outage, the water supplyrout D240-10 suitable for the water authority 40-S-3 can be instructedand confirmed on the screen of the information device of the waterauthority 40-S-3. Furthermore, as an example of the explosion of the gaspiping, the recovery rout D250-10 suitable for the gas station 40-S-4can be instructed and confirmed on the screen of the information deviceof the gas station 40-S-4. Hereby, the management of the recoverysupport plans can be centralized, so the speedy and reliable rescue canbe realized.

Example 2

As shown in FIG. 18, the medical record information is kept by themedical institution can be used as the input rescue support informationin the rescue support information registration processing procedureRT10-S. FIG. 18 shows the inspection service of the medical information,which are one of the user identification information, such as medicalrecord kept by medical institution. Firstly, the user performs the entryprocedure for self-managing the predetermined information correspondingto the medical record using the memory unit 220-S shown in FIG. 3 (seestep SP200-S), sets the predetermined personal information, the ID orthe password (see step SP210-S) and performs the registration processing(see step 220-S). Hereby, the receiving processing unit 200-S in theserver device 30-S issues the IDs or the passwords for the medicalinstitutions, numbers of which are corresponding to the numbers of theself-managements desired by the user (see step SP230-S and SP240-S) andthe transmission processing unit 240-S transmits them to the user (seestep SP250-S).

Next, the user performs the commission procedure to the medicalinstitution issuing the IDs or the passwords (see step SP300-S) andtransmits the IDs or the passwords (see step SP310-S). After that, themedical institution gains the approval and cooperation for theself-management of the medical record and the information disclosurecorresponding to the unforeseen circumstances (see step SP320-S), andregisters the personal information of the user (see step SP330-S). Inthe registration processing, the medical information such as the medicalrecord is photographed by digital camera or scanned, or, the recordcontents of the medical record are input to the information terminal(see step SP340-S). These electrical medical information are registeredwith being correlated to the user ID or the password (see step SP350-S),encrypted using the encryption key (see step SP360-S) and stored intothe memory unit 220-S in the server device 30-S. In the case the ID orthe password is the encryption key, the information can be encrypted bythe encryption key and stored into the memory unit 220.

The user or the medical institution decrypts and displays the medicalinformation (see step SP370-S), then, the user can inspect theelectrical medical information (see step SP380-S).

FIG. 19 shows the inspection screen of the electrical medicalinformation according to an embodiment of the present invention. Asshown in FIG. 19, the doctor, nurse or other participant of the medicalinstitution records the predetermined personal information of the userand the remarks of the doctor such as D300, and registers them withattaching the medical information such as the medical record related tothe user. The user or the predetermined rescue support organization canacquire the website information (for example, URL etc.) for decryptingvarious kinds of the managed information and inspecting the medicalinformation using the terminal device 20-S, and can access to themedical information supply website D310. Hereby, the screen D320 forinspecting the various kinds of the information managed by the medicalinstitution (for example, name of the hospital, name of the attendingdoctor, opinion of the doctor and the medical record informationattached) can be displayed by selecting the medical institution listedon the website. Especially, the medical record information can bedisplayed on the screen D320-2 by selecting the electronic medicalrecord D320-1, because the medical records are attached with beingconverted to the electronics data using the digital camera or scanning.The inspection of the electronic medical records may be realized bydirectly downloading from the memory unit 220-S storing them.

FIG. 20 is the diagram showing the electronic medical record referenceprocedure of the emergency mode according to an embodiment of thepresent invention. As shown in FIG. 20, the procedure for which thepredetermined support organization references the electronic medicalrecord starts when the emergency mode is notified. Concretely, theuser's terminal device 20-S shown in FIG. 6 transmits the transmissioncommand indicating the occurrence of the emergency and other signals(see step SP400-S), and the server device 30-S receives the transmissioncommand etc. (see step SP410-S). Then, the server device 30-S transmitsthe transmission command etc. to the predetermined rescue supportorganization 40-S (see step SP420-S). In this processing, the rescuesupport organization 40-S displays the emergency support contentsdisclosed by the procedure of the rescue support informationtransmission processing shown in FIG. 10 (see step SP430-S), and so therescue support organization 40-S can select whether to refer to thecontents of the electronic medical record or not. When referencing thecontents of the electronic medical record, the electronic medical recordcan be referenced using the inspection screen shown in FIG. 19 (see stepSP450-S). In contrast, when not referencing the contents of theelectronic medical record, the procedure is completed without anyprocessing (see step SP460-S).

Example 3

FIG. 21 is the diagram showing the system structure of the electronicmedical record unitary management system according to an embodiment ofthe present invention. As shown in FIG. 21, the terminal device 20-S canbe connected with the rescue center 300-S comprising the server device30-S via the network. The user converts the user's personal informationand medical information to the electronic data based on the sameprocedure as the inspection service of the medical information such asthe medical record shown in FIG. 18 and registers them to the serverdevice 30-S. Hereby, the medical records of the medical institutionscorresponding to the user can be unitary managed by the rescue supportcenter 300-S, so the rescue support center 300-S can meet the emergencymode immediately. In the case the user is a pregnant woman, for example,the server device 30 stores the personal information and medicalinformation of the pregnant woman, and the personal information andmedical information are disclosed by transmitting the transmissioncommand from the mobile phone 20-S owned by the pregnant woman.Therefore, the rescue center 300-S can give an appropriate first aidtreatment. In addition, the rescue center 300-S can carry the user tothe hospital that can give more appropriate first aid than the rescuecenter 300-S by connecting the rescue center 300-S with the hospital310-S-1, 310-S-2 and 310-S-3 via the network. Hereby, the rejection ofacceptance by the hospitals can be disappeared. Incidentally, the rescuecenter 300-S is desirable to cover all fields of the medical treatmentand all kinds of the medical equipments, and desirable to open 24 hoursa day and 365 days a year. The user is desirable to pay thepredetermined fee and hereby the working expenditure of the rescuecenter 300-S can be contrived.

Example 4

FIG. 22 is the diagram showing the utilization state of the userlocation information recognition system according to an embodiment ofthe present invention. As shown in FIG. 22, the terminal device 20-S ofthe present system is owned by a walking user 400-S-1 or a user ridingon a bicycle 400-S-2. For example, the terminal device 20-S-1 isequipped to a wrist of the walking user 400-S-1 (this example is thewristwatch type, but the necklace type, pencil type etc. can beemployed). The location information transmitted from the terminal device20-S is recognized by the terminal device 20-S-2 equipped on theautomobile 410-S via the server device 30-S. Hereby, the collision canbe avoided in advance, even if the driver of the automobile 410-S cannotsee the approaching of the walking user 400-S-1 due to the predeterminedobstacle (for example, the building 420-S-1 and the plants 420-S-2).Furthermore, the collision in the event of the night, rain, fog, snow,storm or other reason causing difficulty of seeing can also be avoided.Incidentally, the terminal device 20-S-1 and 20-S-2 can receive thelocation information each other via the server device 30. Otherwise, theterminal devices can receive the location information each other withoutusing the server device 30-S and so can avoid the collision by warningwhen the locations of the terminal devices approaches, by that each ofthe terminal device comprises a terminal device signal transmission unitthat transmits at least one of a electromagnetic wave, a sound wave or alight wave (a visible ray is contained) having the predetermined wavelength to another terminal device (not shown in Figures), a terminaldevice signal receiving unit that receives at least one of the signals(not shown in Figures), a terminal device computation unit that measuresa distance to another terminal device by performing the predeterminedcomputation processing using the signal received by the terminal devicesignal receiving unit (not shown in Figures), a terminal device alarmunit that outputs an alarm based on the distance measured by theterminal device computation unit (not shown in Figures) and a terminaldevice signal reflection unit that reflects the predetermined signaloutput from another terminal device signal transmission unit (not shownin Figures). Incidentally, when a camera is equipped on the automobile410-S, the present embodiment can employ the mechanism that the cameracooperates with the terminal device 20-S-2 to photograph the situationbefore and after the collision using the received location informationof another terminal device.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the information processing of the userlocation information recognition system according to an embodiment ofthe present invention. As shown in FIG. 23, when the operation of thepresent system starts (RT50-S), the terminal device 20-S-1 owned by theuser acquires the location information and transmits it to the serverdevice 30-S (see step SP500-S). The server device 30-S receives andcollects the location information (see step SP510-S), furthermore,extracts and transmits the vicinity information to the terminal device20-S-2 equipped on the automobile 410-S (see step SP520-S). Hereby, theterminal device 20-S-2 can receive the vicinity information (see stepSP530-S) and give warning by displaying the screen confirming thereceipt of it or outputting the sound effect, voice and so on.

Incidentally, the timing of the warning can be set optionally. Forexample, it can be set to the timing when the user reaches an areawithin a circle having the radius of several meters. Moreover, in thecase the emergency mode invokes, for instance, at a time when collidingthe user it is desirable to perform the rescue support processing RT20-Sshown in FIG. 10 when the terminal device 20-S detects the impulse ofcollision and transmits the transmission command.

The above described embodiment corresponds to the case which the rescuesupport information is registered by operating the mobile phone 20-S,however, for example, the rescue support information can be previouslyinput using a PC, transmitted to the server device 30-S via the internetline and registered to it.

The above described embodiment corresponds to the case which thelocation information is generated at the predetermined time interval andtransmitted to the server device 30-S, however the control unit 100-Scan be constructed to generate the location information immediately andtransmit it to the server device 30-S when detecting the storage amountof electricity of the battery in the mobile phone 20-S is smaller thanthe predetermined value at the emergency mode.

Next, the method of the key management underlying the technical idea ofthe present application is described.

(Basic Pattern 1)

As shown in FIG. 6, the key generation unit in the mobile phone terminalautomatically generates the encryption key when the physical information(i.e. the basic data) and the TPO are input, the encryption processingunit encrypts the physical information one by one, provides the sameencrypted encryption key to each of the encrypted physical informationand transmits them to the server 30-S.

When an emergency occurs, the decryption key is transmitted and theinformation in the server 30-S are decrypted using it. The informationof the server 30-S are correlated to the user identification informationand the decryption key, and only the information corresponding to theuser identification information and the decryption key among theinformation of the server 30-S are decrypted because the decryption keysare different from each owner of the mobile phone terminal.

In this case, the following methods can be executed when the mobilephone is changed by exchanging to one of other types.

-   1. A new key is generated and the basic data and all of other data    are input newly using the new mobile phone terminal.-   2. The user identification information and the decryption key in the    memory of the old mobile phone terminal are transferred to the new    mobile phone terminal. The new mobile phone terminal uses the same    user identification information and decryption key as the old mobile    phone terminal.-   3. The user identification information and the decryption key are    encrypted and left in the server 30-S using the old mobile phone    terminal, and the user identification information and the decryption    key left in the server 30-S are decrypted and used by the new mobile    phone terminal.

According to the above described methods, basically, only the owner ofthe mobile phone terminal generates the encryption key and decryptionkey in random by initial operation, encrypts and stores the decryptionkey to the memory in the mobile phone terminal. Even the owner himself(herself) cannot know the decryption key and the encryption key. Oncegenerated, the decryption key and the decryption key cannot be changed.Therefore, even the owner of the mobile phone cannot change them.

(Basic Pattern 2)

FIGS. 24 and 25 are conceptual diagrams explaining the correlation ofthe user identification number (UTN) (fifteen figures) and FOMA(trademark) card identity number (UIM) of the mobile phone terminal withthe registered information according to the basic pattern 2 of thepresent embodiment.

The user identification number (UTN) (fifteen figures) and FOMA(trademark) card identity number (UIM) of the mobile phone terminal aretransmitted to the server 30-S to be correlated with the registeredinformation. FIG. 24 shows the first certification part of the server30-S for encrypting and storing the user identification number (UTN). Inthis case, the encryption key for encryption processing is encrypted inthe server device using the common key.

At the encryption of the server device, the same strings of thecharacter and the numeral are encrypted using the same encryption key bythe encryption unit of the server 30-S based on the determinedencryption method, consequently the same encryption result are obtained.

When the mobile phone is operated, the mobile phone transmits thedecryption key, the UTN information, the UIM information and thelocation information by GPS to the server 30-S firstly.

Next, in the side of the server 30-S, the encrypted UTN information isencrypted once more, the encrypted UTN information in the server 30-S isretrieved without being decrypted. When the data same as the encryptedUTN is retrieved from among the registered data, the server 30-S judgesthat the certification step is OK and transmits the decryption key tothe next step for decrypting the registered data. In this method, thecertification item of the certification step may be the UTN, the UIM orthe telephone number, moreover may be the combination of suchinformation, for example, the combination of the UTN and the UIM.

When the mobile phone is changed by exchanging to one of other types,the telephone number, the UTN and the UIM are also exchanged, so thechange of the certification item is necessary. However, when the new andold UTNs and UIMs are correlated using the following method, there is noneed to exchange the initially generated decryption key. That is, theinformation required for the mobile phone type exchanging procedure isregistered in to the server 30-S using the old mobile phone terminal byperforming the predetermined encryption processing which can contain therandom number computation in advance, then, the certification using theinformation registered in the server 30-S for the mobile phone typeexchanging procedure is performed using the new mobile phone terminal.

The information required for the mobile phone type exchanging proceduresuch as the ID, the PW, the telephone number etc. are registered usingthe old mobile phone terminal in advance, next, the ID, the PW, thetelephone number etc. are encrypted and input using the new mobile phoneterminal, then, the certification is judged OK only when the inputinformation are matched with the registered information for registeredmobile phone type exchanging procedure. In the case the certification isjudged OK, the computation processing for calculating the UTM and theUIM of the old mobile phone terminal from that of the new mobile phoneterminal is performed, and the value for the computation processing isstored into the server 30-S. As a result, the new UTN can be convertedto the old UTN, and the registered information correlated to the old UTNcan be usable after completing the mobile phone type exchangingprocedure (see FIG. 25).

POSSIBILITY OF THE INDUSTRIAL UTILIZATION

According to the information transmission system and the informationtransmission method of the present invention, the leakage of informationcan be prevented easily and certainly while reducing the effort for themanagement of the encryption key. Additionally, the rescue supportinformation necessary for rescue can be stored under the safe condition.Furthermore, the rescue support information can be transmitted to therescue support organization with simple operation, when the emergencyoccurs. Therefore, the present invention realizes a great significancein the every aspects of the people in various industry regardless ofkind of industry. Consequently, the present invention can be utilizedand has high usefulness not only for the information industry, but forall of other industry such as the construction industry, the restaurantbusiness, various kinds of the manufacturing and the distributionindustry.

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 15. An information transmission system in which aterminal device and a server device are connected, wherein: the terminaldevice comprises: a key generation unit that generates an encryption keyand a decryption key; a terminal device memory unit that stores an useridentification information for identifying the user owning the terminaldevice and stores the decryption key; an encryption processing unit thatencrypts a transmission destination information containing aninformation related to the transmission destination and a transmissionsource information containing an information related to the user of theterminal device using the encryption key; a first terminal devicetransmission unit that transmits the encrypted transmission destinationinformation and the encrypted transmission source information; anoperation unit that has information input buttons containing atransmission command button; a terminal device control unit thatgenerates a transmission command, and reads out the user identificationinformation and the decryption key from the terminal device memory unit,when an occurrence of an emergency is notified from the operation unit;a second terminal device transmission unit that transmits thetransmission command, the user identification information and thedecryption key; and the server device comprises: a server device memoryunit that stores the transmission destination information and thetransmission source information received from the terminal device withcorrelating to the user identification information; a decryption unitthat reads out the transmission destination information and thetransmission source information from the server device memory unit, anddecrypts the transmission destination information and the transmissionsource information using the decryption key, when receiving thetransmission command, the user identification information and thedecryption key from the terminal device; and a server devicetransmission unit that transmits the transmission source information tothe transmission destination specified by the transmission destinationinformation.
 16. The information transmission system according to claim15, wherein: the terminal device control unit starts to generate alocation information of the terminal device one by one at apredetermined time interval when the state of emergency is notified, thesecond terminal device transmission unit transmits the generatedlocation information to the server device one by one at thepredetermined time interval, and the server device transmission unittransmits at least the received location information to the transmissiondestination one by one at the predetermined time interval.
 17. Theinformation transmission system according to claim 16, wherein theterminal device control unit invalidates the operation of shutting-downthe power supply with displaying the picture indicating theshutting-down of the power supply on the display unit, and transmits atleast the location information to the server device one by one at thepredetermined time interval, when the operation for shutting-down thepower supply is performed after the notification of the occurrence ofthe emergency.
 18. The information transmission system according toclaim 15, wherein: the server device memory unit correlates thetransmission destination information and the transmission sourceinformation with various kinds of behavioral patterns executed by theuser, and stores them, and the decryption unit reads out and decryptsthe stored transmission destination information and the storedtransmission source information correlated to the behavioral patternselected and stored in advance from among the various kinds of thestored behavioral pattern.
 19. The information transmission systemaccording to claim 15, wherein the server device transmission unit stopsthe transmitting of the transmission source information to thetransmission destination when the transmission cancellation command isprovided from the transmission destination.
 20. An informationtransmission method, comprising; a first step that the terminal devicegenerates an encryption key and a decryption key; a second step that theterminal device stores an user identification information foridentifying the user owning the terminal device and stores thedecryption key to the internal terminal device memory unit; a third stepthat the terminal device encrypts a transmission destination informationcontaining a information related to the transmission destination and atransmission source information containing a information related to theuser of the terminal device using the encryption key; a fourth step thatthe terminal device transmits the encrypted transmission destinationinformation and the encrypted transmission source information; a fifthstep that the server device stores the transmission destinationinformation and the transmission source information received from theterminal device with correlating to the user identification information;a sixth step that the terminal device generates a transmission command,and reads out the user identification information and the decryption keyfrom the terminal device memory unit, when a state of emergency isnotified from the operation unit; a seventh step that the terminaldevice transmits the transmission command, the user identificationinformation and the decryption key to the server unit; a eighth stepthat the server device receives the transmission command, the useridentification information and the decryption key, reads out thetransmission destination information and the transmission sourceinformation related to the user identification information from theserver device memory unit, and decrypts the transmission destinationinformation and the transmission source information using the decryptionkey; and a ninth step that the server device transmits the transmissionsource information to the transmission destination specified by thetransmission destination information.
 21. The information transmissionmethod according to claim 20, wherein; the first step contains a thirdkey generation step of generating the encryption key by thepredetermined encryption processing using one or more of the decryptionkey, the user identification information and random number computation,and the eighth step contains a first decryption step of decrypting thetransmission destination information and the transmission sourceinformation using the encryption key generated in the third keygeneration step.
 22. The information transmission method according toclaim 20, further comprising a storing step that the server deviceencrypts an old user identification information and a new useridentification information using a predetermined common key, and storesthem into the server device memory unit, when a request for changing theuser identification information is received.
 23. The informationtransmission method according to claim 22, further comprising a seconddecryption processing step of acquiring the old user identificationinformation corresponding to the new user identification informationfrom the server device memory unit when the new user identificationinformation is received from the terminal device, and decrypting the olduser identification information using the predetermined common key. 24.The information transmission method according to claim 20, furthercomprising; a tenth step that the terminal device starts to generate thelocation information of the terminal device one by one at apredetermined time interval when the occurrence of the emergency isnotified from the operation unit, a eleventh step that the terminaldevice transmits the generated location information to the server deviceone by one at the predetermined time interval, and a twelfth step thatthe server device transmits at least the received location informationto the transmission destination one by one at the predetermined timeinterval.
 25. The information transmission method according to claim 24,wherein the server device invalidates the operation of shutting-down thepower supply with displaying the picture indicating the shutting-down ofthe power supply on the display unit, and executes the eleventh step,when the operation of shutting-down the power supply is performed afterthe notification of the occurrence of the emergency.
 26. The informationtransmission method according to claim 20, wherein; the fifth step isthe step that the transmission destination information and thetransmission source information are correlated with various kinds ofbehavioral patterns executed by the user, and stored into the serverdevice memory unit, and the eighth step is the step that thetransmission destination information and the transmission sourceinformation are read out based on the correlated behavioral patternselected and stored in advance from among the various kinds of thebehavioral patterns, and decrypted.
 27. The information transmissionmethod according to claim 20, further comprising a thirteenth step thatthe server device stops the transmitting of the transmission sourceinformation to the transmission destination when the transmissioncancellation command is provided from the transmission destination tothe sever device.
 28. The information transmission method according toclaim 20, wherein the first step comprises; a first key generation stepof generating the encryption key when the specified information forgenerating the encryption key used for encrypting the transmissiondestination information and the transmission source information isprovided, a second key generation step of generating the decryption keycorrelated with the encryption key using the specified encryptionprocessing which contain one or more of a user identificationinformation for identifying the user owning the terminal device, theencryption key and random number computation, a first encryption step ofencrypting the user identification information using the predeterminedcommon key, and a second encryption step of encrypting the transmissiondestination information and the transmission source information usingthe encryption key generated at the first key generation step.